The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-02
Calvary Church.

On announcing the death oil the
Rev. DR.. White to the congregation OF
Calvary Church, yesterday, Bishop
Quintard said:
All hearts in this aggregation are
bowed this morning in common sor-
row. There is one thrill of sympathy
that vibrates in every soul. The ven
cradle pastor who for nit and twenty
years has fed this flock has entered
upon that rest which remaineth for
the people OF God has been called TO
to the reward that awaits their faithful
priest. Could we be left Ito our own
hearts we would sit with our personal
grief in silence; but must speak a
few words today OF him that is gone.
You know full what his life has been.
You know how he called forth from
those who knew him best, the salute,
Behold an Israeliie indeed, in whom
is no guile" You know how he
moved ABOUT among all men, simp y
and UMPIRE endingly, and as free from
self-conCiouenes as child. You
know how spontaI eous was his tender.
ness OF heart. and how he manifested
towards all that tact OF love, which is
80 much better than the most con-
sumate srt. II was the stesdfsst heart
suIchsrged with love, and the loyal
soul that ever looked to God, in which
were the hidiugs Of your pastors
power.
His life closed with long illness, 30
patiently endured, aud 80 unmurmer-
ingly borne that they who watched by
his bedside found 1t the very school
Of Christ, in which they learned les
sons Of entire submission to the will
Of God, and Of hope in all it's richness
and fullness.
Through all the weary months of
his last sickness, bis daughters and
near friends watched him and nursed
him with the most loving, tender,
thoughtful and uncessing care. On
Easter Monday he received for the
last time the most comfortable sacra.
ment of Christ, body and blood. He
was quite himse 1, and his face was all
aglow with spiritual Joy aud peace.
II was my privilege to kneel beside
his bt dside before his entrau ce into
the ,arsdise OF God, and to give him
the benediction OF peace. Think, good
people, what the close OF such life
teaches; life devoted to the mora
elevation OF his fellow men; a life al
together unselfish, and spent in doing
good to mau; y life that has been a
living epistle, known and read of all
men; a life devoted to God and
the service OF the altar; a life
aboundiog in the mini.trativs grace
and the consultations OF the gospel, q
life conspicuous for it's simplicity and
holiness. Surely such q life, crowned
with peaceful death, ia well worth
the living. 1t is more glorious than
that OF The hero who wins his laurels
on fields of blood, or OF the statesman
who achieves his triumphs on the
Senate floor. Great are the rewards
of such a life. eye ha h not seen,
uor ear heard; neither hath entered
into the heart OF man to conceive the
things which God hath prepared for
them thatlove Him." This we know,
that your beloved pastor hath entered
into the paradise OF Coda new cou n
try, from which every shadow OF sor-
row is dispersed forever; a country
where there is no pain, nor sickness,
nor tears, and where the word "fare-
we'll" is never spoken.
And today, while we gather round
the altar to commend ate OhTist's
dear love, we know that he will unite
with US, and with angels and arch
angelo, and with all the company Of
heaven, to laud and magnify the glori-
ous name whereby he hath obtained
eternal life.